1 dead, 15 wounded in Chicago shootings

Police work the scene where a 19-year-old was shot in the 5900 block of South Sangamon Street on July 23, 2018, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

One man was killed and 15 people were injured in city shootings between Sunday and Monday mornings, Chicago police said.

Andre Charleston, 56, was standing outside in the 300 block of East 130th Street in the Eden Green neighborhood on the Far South Side when he got into an argument with someone who shot him around 10:50 p.m. Sunday, police said.

Advertisement

He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Charleston lived in the 12300 block of South Throop Street in Calumet Park.

Four other people were shot on the Far South Side in two double shootings.

Early Monday, two men were wounded in a drive-by shooting around 12:25 a.m. in the Roseland neighborhood. The men, 29 and 27, were on the sidewalk in the 10800 block of South Princeton Avenue when someone in a white sedan fired at them, police said.

In the same neighborhood, two men were wounded, one critically, in a shooting just before 9 p.m. Sunday, police said.

The men were standing outside in the 11300 block of South Indiana Avenue when two males approached and one of them began shooting.

A 19-year-old man was shot four times in the neck, stomach, leg and arm and was taken by a friend to Roseland Community Hospital in critical condition. A 28-year-old man was shot in the torso and was stabilized at Christ Medical Center.

In other shootings:

A 45-year-old man was getting out of a vehicle around 3 a.m. Monday in the 9200 block of South May Street in the Brainerd neighborhood on the Far South Side when he heard gunfire and realized he was shot. He was stabilized at Little Company of Mary Hospital with a gunshot wound to the calf.

An 18-year-old man was riding in a vehicle around 1:50 a.m. in the 5900 block of South Halsted Street in the South Side’s Englewood neighborhood when he was shot in the forearm. He took himself to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was stabilized and then was transferred to Stroger Hospital.

A 19-year-old man was shot in the groin around 12:45 a.m. while standing on the front porch of a residence in the 5900 block of South Sangamon Street in the Englewood neighborhood, police said. He was shot by someone in a silver sedan. The man was stabilized at University of Chicago Medical Center.

Around 12 a.m., a 25-year-old man was shot in the hip by someone who approached him while he was standing on a sidewalk in the 4000 block of West Congress Parkway in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, police said. He was stabilized at Stroger Hospital.

On Sunday night, a two men were shot in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side around 10:30 p.m. They were on the sidewalk in the 3800 block of West Gladys Avenue when someone fired from a white sedan. A 23-year-old man was shot in both legs and a 21-year-old man was shot in one leg. Both were stabilized at Stroger Hospital.

A 20-year-old man was riding a bike around 9:15 p.m. in the 1900 block of South St. Louis Avenue in the West Side’s Lawndale neighborhood when someone in a white sedan fired at him, police said. He was stabilized at Mount Sinai Hospital with a wound to the buttocks.

A 29-year-old woman was shot in the leg around 8:05 p.m. in the 4700 block of South Ada Street in the South Side’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, police said. She was taken to a hospital where her condition was unknown.

Also on the South Side, a 19-year-old man was shot in the shoulder around 7:45 p.m. in the South Chicago neighborhood. He was walking in the 8800 block of South Muskegon Avenue when he heard gunfire, police said. He was in good condition at Advocate Trinity Hospital.

A 21-year-old man was shot around 1:50 p.m. while standing on the sidewalk in the 7400 block of South Sangamon Street in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said. He heard gunshots and then felt pain. He was hit in the left leg and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

A 26-year-old man took himself to Holy Cross Hospital in the Southwest Side’s Marquette Park neighborhood around 6:30 a.m. with two gunshot wounds to the lower body. He did not cooperate with investigators, and it was unclear where he was shot, police said. He was transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was stabilized.